Automatic display apparatus.



J. F. TILLEY aL.s.'B.1AUsTIN.

AUTOMATIC DISPLAY APPARATUS. PPLIOATION FILED APR/3, 1,912. REN-BMD AUG. l17, 1914. 1, 1 1 I1,6251

Patented Sent. '22. 1914.

III-II UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE JAMES F. TILLEY, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. ANI) SYDNEY B. AUSTIN,

OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNORS. BY MEBNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO MOTT-LE- GAIGE ANIMATED ADVERTISING GORPOIlIGN, OF NEWT YORK, N. Y.

AUTOMATIC DISPLAY AFPAI-tif-YIUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 2.2, 1914.

Application filed April 3. 1912, Serial No. 688,346. Renewed August 17, 1914. Serial No. 857,265,

To all Iwho/11 yit nio'l/ wou/"fra:

Be it known that we. Janes F. Timmy and tivnxnv l5. Ai's'ri'x, citizens ot the United States, residing at vWashington, District of Columbia. and lilaltimore, Maryland, respectively, have invented certain new and us-et'ul Ii'nln'ovements in Automatic l')ispla)lv Apparatus. ot which the. jfollowing,` is a specification.

Our invention relates to display appa ratus for use in advertising moving picture shows or in like situations, whereby motion picture eti'ects can be secured from a composite' picture slide.

The invention belongs to that .class of display devices disclosed in an application for Letters Patent of the United States ot A. S.

Spiegel, ,tt-(3074367. filed February 9, 1911.

Our object is to provide an apparatus for use with the said slides which will handle the said slides in series or one after the other, andv operate them automatically so that by charging' the apparatus with a. number oi the slides and setting: it in operation no further attention` will he required onthe part of an attendant, as the machine will perform its operations autoimitieally and displayone slide after the other throughout the whole seriesv` and repeat these operations as lone as may be desired.

The invention consists in the features and combination and arrangement ot' parts hereinafter described and particularly set. forth in the' appended claims.

Y In the accompanyinpr drawings Figure 1v is a iront view ol an apparatus'embodying our invention: Fie'. 2 is a side view with parts in section; Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views, and Fig. 5 is a sectional view through the composite slide taken at right ann-les` to that shown in Fig'. 2.

The composite slide is composed oi two transparent members, as l, 2, one of these members having' a series of Iineparallel lines to form a grating or screen with clear spaces in between, and the other .bearing the composite picture composed of ditl'erent groups of lines so that by shifting' one member-,ot the slide in relation to the other the different groups of lilies or different portio-ns oi the composite picture will be displayed through the clear spaces of the Screen, and this beingr done iii-trout ot a lantern, the picture will be displayed on the receiving' screen. and then by shifting' one oi the members of the composite slide m relation to the other, the first group of lines or portionl of the. picture awill be hidden behind the screen or grating'. and another port-ion or group of lines will be displayed, and this group of lines will represent the samef object or picture. but in a ditlerent position Jfrom that lirst displayed, and so a motion picture etl'ect will be secured.

Our present apparatus embodies a lantern shown generally at 3, a suitable t'eed rack l upon which the composite slides are placed, and a receiving rack 5 for receiving the composite slides. A suitableplunger is provided to move the slides from thelfeed rack 4 into position ove a carrier (3, which is moved by arms er links 7 driven from any suitable power t',ansmittiin;l member orportion oithe :utomatic apparatus so that the slide will be moved by this carrier along a g'uideway 8 into position in front of the lantern. as shown in Fig. 2. One of the slides is shown in this position in said figure. After being' displayed, the carrier 6 lowers to bring the slide opposite the feed rack 4, so that thenext action of the feed plunger to bring; a fresh slide over the carrier 6 will cause the used slide to be moved into the sruideway 9, so that it may pass alone' this lauideway to a position opposite the receiving;` rack 5, whereupon a. plunger will push this slide into the receivingV rack. The arrangement ot' these racks and the transfer mechanism between them forms no part ol' our invention. such mechanism being;` old in the art whereby a-slide is transferred from one rack to the other.

vs shown in Fie'. 5, the composite slide is t'ormed by the two members' 1, 2, connected at their opposite ends by strips of iiexible material l0 which will allow one member.` to move in relation to the other. These members, at their upper ends, are provided with lateral proicetions 11. and each composite slide is contained in a holder or easing` 12 of sheet metal in the torni of a frame open at the center to allow iull eX- posure ot' the slide. rlhis Jframe. is provided at its upper part with a clip 13 oi `general U-shape. riveted or scoured to one. oi the upper cross bars 1l of the trame., and on the inner side thereof. lhis U-.shaped clip receives one of the projections 11 which is long enough to occupy the space from one arm of the U-shape member tothe other,so" that this member of the slide :will be held in its own casing, and in the movement ofl the composite slide from place to place the casing is moved, Itogether with the clip 15, as one body. When a composite slide With its casing is moved up opposite the lantern, the abutment screws 18 thereof Will be brought into positionon opposite sides of a lug 19 carriedby al bar 2 0 slidably-mounted in the frame o `the apparatus, and reciprocated through any suitable connections to a driving member or other moving part of the automatic apparatus, these connec'` tions, as a representative form, being shown herein as a. bell crank 21 and a link 22. As the bar 20 reciprocates, its lug 19. Will impartV movement to that member .of the composite slide Which carries the clip 15, so that the motion picture effect will be secured as above described. It will be understood that the ap aratus described is representative of different forms of machines which may be used for the purpose. p

The plunger for the feed rack is indicated generally at 23, while the plunger for the receiving rack is indicated at 24:, this latter plunger having "a ledge. or extension 25 for supporting the casings with their slides when they are moved into the channel 9,'it being understood that the slide which has been used is moved into the channel 9 When a fresh slide-*is moved over the transfer de- Ivice 6. The plunger 24, when retracted, allows the used slide to fall down the channel 9 opposite the receiving rack, and when the plunger 24 advances, this slide is moved into the receiving rack to be used again, it being understood that the slides 'from the receiving rack are transferred automatically into the feed rack by any suitable mechanism.

l/Ve claim as our invention:

1. 1n combination in a display apparatus, a series of composite slides each composed of a transparent picture carrying member and a screen member, transfer mechanism for i'noving the composite slides automatically to and from the display point, and means l slides,

for automatically o erating' the-'composite slide while at said dlsplay point 'to vproduce` played, operating mechanism for movingone member of the composite slide relatively to the other, with means of connectionbetween the slide and said operating mechanism, said means of connection being en- 'gaged by the loperating mechanism When the composite slide is moved to the display point, and disengaged therefrom When the slide is moved awayfrom the display point, substantially as described.

8.1m combination With composite slides, casings for holding said slides, one member of each slide being movable in relationto l the other, and 'operating means for actuating the slide when the said slide is moved to the point of display, and automatically operating transfer mechanism to move the casingsto and from said point, substantially as described.

4. Inocombination a. series of each composed of a transparent picture carrying member, and a transparent screen member, one movable relatively to the other, a display device, mechanism operating automatically for moving ,one meinber of the slide inrelation to the other, and automatically operating transfer mechanism to move the composite slide into and out of engaging position with the operating mechanism, substantially as described..

5. In combination a series of 'compositev composite slides each composed of two members one movablev in relation to the other, -casings to receive the slides having meansfto engage one slide member toretain it against m-,ivement, transfer mechanism to move thecasings to and from a display. point, and futo-l matically operating mechanism or'.H the oth-r slide member when the casing; are moved to the display point', substanti Llly as described. y

ln testimony whereof, ive aflix o.r signatures in presence of two` witnesses JAMES E., TQLEY. SYDNEY r-.aUsTIN 

